Woes of divorcees
Shameema A. Rahman On e-mail
I read your newspaper on a regular basis. I believe you need to write an editorial column on the current divorce practice in Bangladesh. Just in last seven months I have heard about 5 cases personally where the husband went on a pleasure trip to Bangladesh with his family for a short time and on his way back to America, left the wife and children with a notarised divorce letter, saying " I am divorcing my wife under oath". Because of my job responsibility in the US I receive some of the cases where it involves immigration issues of the spouses. In most cases the wife does not even bother to come forward and fight for her legal rights. There is law that protects these women and children. There are free humanitarian societies available for assistance. Please let the government of Bangladesh know about it and come forward to stop this inhuman practice through public news in newspapers, radio and TV. Let these criminals, who are divorcing their wives in violation of Bangladeshi laws and regulations, and fleeing the country, face what they deserve.I personally know one case where the husband (US citizen) took his wife (with Green Card/permanent resident) and their 8 year old son to Bangladesh and came back leaving a divorce letter with the driver of his father-in-law. He then went back and married secretly and came back to the US. His new wife is pregnant now. The divorced wife's family is very shy to seek legal help. She came back to America with her son and found out her husband's family had taken all her necessary belongings leaving behind some remnants in the house. Now, the divorced wife is raising the child all by herself in Loss Angeles, CA. Please let the parents know in Bangladesh when they are selecting husbands for their daughters looking at foreign passport or Green Card about this practice. Please let the humanitarian societies know what is going on. If the Bangladesh government and the US government work together on a treaty on family matter issues and extradition, it may help to reduce this practice. Also, if this news is circulated all over the country, it may reduce the practice too. At least the divorced wives can come forward to claim their rights.
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